NORTH Korea has brutally executed a coronavirus patient for going out in public, reports claim.
Kim Jong-un’s dictatorship is dealing with the virus with an iron fist after the man was put to his death for dodging quarantine to go to a public bath.
Doctors in protective suits walk to their ambulance at the Munsu-dong diplomatic compound in North Korea
Doctors in protective suits walk to their ambulance at the Munsu-dong diplomatic compound in North KoreaCredit: Getty Images – Getty
An official in protective gear carries a disinfectant spray can at Pyongyang Airport
The patient was arrested by officers and immediately shot as the country takes sickening measures to avoid the killer outbreak spreading.
South Korean Dong-a Ilbo newspaper reported that the man – a government official – had been placed in isolation after travelling to China.
Kim Jong-un imposed military law to enforce a lockdown to combat the virus despite not experiencing any confirmed cases.
The shock revelation comes as China saw its deadliest day of the coronavirus outbreak so far as the number of deaths leapt by 242 in just 24 hours.
Officials in the country said the jump was linked to a change in how they’re diagnosing new cases, a report said.
EXECUTED FOR LEAVING HOME
Nearly 15,000 cases of the deadly coronavirus were reported in Hubei province on Thursday.
Health chiefs in Hubei said 242 people had died from the flu-like virus on Wednesday, the fastest rise in the daily count since the pathogen was identified in December.
The North Korean trade official was quarantined under a policy of isolating anyone who had been to China.
Another official is said to have been exiled to a North Korean farm after trying to cover up his travels to the coronavirus-ridden country.
The second official was reportedly a member of the secretive kingdom’s National Security Agency.
Yesterday, Pyongyang announced that quarantines had been extended to 30 days – more than twice that recommended by world health bosses.
Workers at Songyo Knitwear Factory in Pyongyang produce masks for protection against coronavirus
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Workers at Songyo Knitwear Factory in Pyongyang produce masks for protection against coronavirusCredit: AFP or licensors
North Korea’s Ministry of Health Director Kim Dong Gun talks about the country’s efforts to contain the outbreak
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North Korea’s Ministry of Health Director Kim Dong Gun talks about the country’s efforts to contain the outbreakCredit: AP:Associated Press
Government institutions and foreigners living in North Korea were expected to obey it “unconditionally”, North Korean media said.
And Kim has almost completely closed the border with China – its only major diplomatic ally.
Flights have been reduced with road and rail links either closed or heavily restricted.
The DMZ between North and South Korea is already heavily fortified and very few people cross.
State media reported that North Korea’s Red Cross Society had deployed to “relevant areas” around the country to monitor people with possible symptoms.
KCNA reported: “They are conducting information activities in various forms and by various methods at public places to introduce common medical knowledge about the epidemic and encourage people to give fuller play to the noble moral traits of helping and leading each other forward.”
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